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... We want to highlight the fact that these issues transcend campuses and schools, and are also present in the larger community. The crosstown rivals (UCLA and USC) are standing together in order to demand that the administration at both these institutions look at the policies and programs (or lack thereof) that perpetuate racism and sexism.

The event was to take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., but a location was still TBA. We will keep you posted.

Dennis Romero is an L.A. Weekly staff writer. He formerly worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times, where he participated in Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the L.A. riots. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone online, the Guardian and, as a young stringer, the New York Times.